EXPLORING THE ANTIPARASITIC ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

Gehan Fawzy Abdel Raoof; Ahmed Wael Lethy Mohamed

doi:10.22270/ujpr.v5i4.442

Gehan Fawzy Abdel Raoof Pharmacognosy Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Research Industries Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt.
Ahmed Wael Lethy Mohamed College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), 6th of October City, Egypt.

10.22270/ujpr.v5i4.442

Keywords:

Antiparasitic, medicinal plants, parasitic disease, phytoconstituents

Abstract

Parasitic disease is one of the most important challenges impacting a large number of people. Worldwide, more than three billion cases of parasitic disease are reported yearly. Due to the resistance of parasite to the synthetic drugs, it is necessary to search for alternative sources. Plants contain different phytoconstituents with different biological activities. Many previous researches showed that many plants exerted antiparasitic activity due to its secondary metabolites. This review highlights the antiparasitic effects of different medicinal plants and mentions the mode of action of different phytochemicals against parasites. In conclusion, the medicinal plants play a vital role as antiparasitic agents, but further studies are needed to isolate and test the active constituents of the medicinal plants as antiparasitic agents targeting to enter the drug discoveryarea.